I can't believe it is already March! Travis is up in Portland, OR finishing up his 2nd year of Master's work, only one more year to go!!! Sophie and I will be all alone this week, but we get to pick Travis up at the airport on Friday in Billings, MT and go to our youth camp for a winter retreat Travis is speaking at. This should be a lot of fun and it will be nice to see people we haven't seen in a while. Sophie was sick Saturday and Sunday, but is feeling much better today, which I am very thankful for! God is so amazing for caring for us in so many ways!

I know it is only March, but our summer vacation keeps coming to mind. We are already planning a trip to NC to visit family and go to Kure Beach. I love that place and since I didn't get to go to the beach last year, I'm even more excited! This will also be Sophie's first beach trip, which is very exciting, I think she will love the water, at least I hope she does!

We took Sophie swimming on my birthday a couple of weeks ago and she seemed to enjoy it. She loves water and in the bath she likes to stick her face in it, which is crazy because most babies don't like the water like that. I'm glad she does though and can't wait to go swimming again.

Sophie is going all over the house and getting into everything. She is so funny and I need to get into better shape just to keep up with her. I can't imagine what it will be like when she starts to walk!

Well, I hear her waking up from her nap, so I better go...

Me and Sophie

Sophie and I at the pool.

Sophie and Daddy swimming

In her Valentine's dress, it was mine when I was a baby and was made by my mama.

Sophie crawling!

Almost 9 months....

I cannot believe that our little baby is 8 and a half months old. Where does all the time go? Lately she has been acting so much older. She likes to pull herself up on her toy box and dig around in there to find the best toy, she gets frustrated when she can't get to it. She "talks" a lot. She can say mama and she has learned real quick what the word "no" means! She isn't quite crawling yet, it's more like a backwards army crawl. When she is on all fours, she tries so hard that she ends up falling and eventually just rolls to where ever she wants. She is a very fast roller. She went to the dining room floor the other day and loved it! She liked to slide on it and the noise it made when she hit it.

She also likes to get on her stomach in the bathtub and slide around, I have to watch her very closely though because she'll put her face in the water before you know it! I'm just glad she isn't afraid of water. It will be fun to take her swimming this summer.

Sophie has learned to make a fish face, which cracks me up. She has some funny faces she likes to make and the more you laugh, the more she does it. She is so much fun and is just growing up so fast before my eyes!

Sophie also loves music and loves to "dance," especially with daddy. She just wants to stand and be moving all the time, she is hard to keep up with already, I can't imagine what it will be like when she really does crawl and walk!

half a year

I cannot believe that our little Sophie is 6 months old. She turned 6 months last Thursday, but had her check up today. She is now 17lbs, 11oz and 27.25 inches long, whoa! A lady in the waiting room had a 12 month old and Sophie was as tall as her, she is going to be so tall! She isn't crawling yet, but she tries very hard to do so. She does roll around a lot though, we have to keep a close eye on her, it's going to be crazy when she does start to crawl. The doctor said that it seems like Sophie will be learning to crawl and walk on the same day! I don't know about that, but when I try to put her on all fours, she just stands up. She's so funny!

Sophie has developed quite the squeal, usually it is just because she is happy or excited, but sometimes it's in anger, which I don't like. She is starting to recognize people and reaches out to grab your face and give you a "kiss" now. She has the biggest smile and is so happy, I love that!

Sophie has tried lots of new foods and has only really liked her oatmeal, green beans and peaches. We'll keep trying things until she does like them though! :)

Baby It's Cold Outside...

We've seemed to go from Summer to about 2 weeks of Fall straight into Winter. We saw our first snow on October 1st. It wasn't much to talk about, but it was snow! I'm not sure I'm ready for snow yet. Luckily Sophie is prepared and looking pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself!

Shots, Cereal and Teeth....Sophie at 4 months

On Thursday after Sophie and I picked Travis up at the airport we had to take her to the doctor for her 4 month check up, whoa! She is now 13lbs, 5oz and 25 inches long. She is still low in weight for her age, but they attribute that to her being so tall. She had to get 2 shots which isn't very fun, but she handles them pretty well, although the second seemed to make her very mad. They tell us to watch her as if she were a six month old because she moves so much. The doctor also said that she can already tell that Sophie is very independent. I knew that by how she moves and when I hold her, she already will try to get down. I always ask her where she thinks she is going, I mean she can't even crawl yet! The doctor said that we can start introducing solids to Sophie. So we started that on Saturday. She didn't really respond one way or another, but did have a hard time keeping things in her mouth. We will try again in a week. She did look like such a big girl sitting in her high chair though.

On Wednesday, I discovered that Sophie has had a tooth break through! She really hasn't had any symptoms of teeth coming in and has taken it very well. Our little girl is growing up so fast!

little things in life...

Babies change so fast and it is amazing how quickly they learn and discover things. Sophie truly amazes me and she just brings so much joy to our lives. One of my new favorite things is going into her room in the morning and getting her out of her crib. When she sees me her whole face lights up and she smiles so big and gets so excited she can hardly stand it. She has her arms and legs just a going until I pick her up. It's so great to see someone get so excited about the little things in life.

Speaking of getting excited about little things, she has discovered her feet and now try's to get them a lot. It's so cute. This in turn leads to her grabbing her feet and rolling over to one side. She is so funny. She also rolled over from her back to her stomach for the first time on her own yesterday at her daddy's office. She has rolled over before, but they have always just been flukes, but yesterday was for real and it was so exciting, to me anyways. So our baby girl is growing up so fast and she is so much fun!

3 months

One day after we got back from North Carolina, Sophie turned 3 months old.  She has changed so much and is growing like a weed!  She is up to 9lbs, 9oz and is so long she needs to be in 3-6 month outfits.  She is now sleeping in her crib like a big girl and has started eating formula because she is just growing so fast!  Yesterday she had to have 6oz, wow!  She might catch up with her cousin Duke soon.  

She was amazing flying, it didn't even phase her, she just slept basically the whole time.  We had a great time in North Carolina seeing all of our family and Sophie was great.   She talks so much and smiles at everyone.  The doctor is really pleased with how she is doing.